... between social sciences and different domains of society, including policy institutions. Evidence-informed policy-making is today a term more commonly used in discussions and an expanding practice, and PERFORM has contributed significantly to that”, said Dr Dietz. After four years of supporting the social science research communities in Serbia and Albania, the project will end its mandate on 31 December 2018. Ms Ursula Läubli, Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office, said that the project contributed to strengthening the social science research system by increasing capacities of researchers at universities and institutes to provide high quality research. In order to ...

... discussed bilateral relations under the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the state of play of the implementation of the agreement. There was also an exchange of views on developments in the Western Balkans. Joint press statement following the fifth meeting of the Stabilisation and Association Council between the EU and Serbia Source The Stabilisation and Association Council reviewed the state of EU-Serbia bilateral relations ...

... from the EU, it still maintains its presence and doubles its support to reforms in the Western Balkan, and Poland, as the next country holding the EU Presidency, will focus itself on conflict resolution and connectivity boosting. economic cooperation, security and youth cooperation among FYR of Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. For more details. please visit the source page A presentation of the policy paper “2018 Western Balkans Summit: 3 key takeaways from London”, authored by Zoran Nechev and Ivan Nikolovski from the Institute of Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje (IDSCS), Jelena Minić form European Movement of Serbia ...

Ctizens of Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia can travel to the EU without a visa since December 2009. For citizens of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, this is possible since the end of 2010. All countries have taken measures to address irregular migration, however further efforts are needed to improve ...

The preparatory meeting tackled several aspects of the 2nd WB Digital Summit that is to take place in Belgrade, Serbia on 4-5 April 2019. The participants discussed logistical, administrative and content details as well as potential side events. The first Western Balkans’s Digital Summit, supported and co-organised by the RCC together with the host government, and in cooperation with the European Commission (EC) and German Federal Ministry ...

... the region and the EU. For more information visit the source page “EU and Western Balkans in 2019”, organised by European Fund for the Balkans (EFB), Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) and European Western Balkans (EWB), took place on 14 December in Belgrade, Serbia. This high-level event gathered more than 30 most influential opinion makers from the region and EU to discuss on predictions about the trends and dynamics of policy developments in 2019 ...

... Professionals in the Western Balkans – Round II (YPS 2018), the action implementing two training programmes in EU academic institutions and a regional exchange component for early career civil servants from the six countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). Applications were open until 13th September 2018 ...

... submit key national accounts data in accordance with European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA) 2010 and other relevant requirements together with the required detailed description of the methodology used. Source Delegations of Montenegro and Serbia have opened new negotiating chapters at their twelfth and ninth Accession Conference in Brussels, respectively. Montenegro has opened Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change, while Serbia has opened Chapter 17 – Economic and monetary policy and Chapter 18 – Statistics ...

The Social Innovation Community presents some country profiles related to the Social Innovation. Find below those from WBC.
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
FR of Macedonia
Serbia
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... of EU effort in this field, reflected through the work of Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA), organization that gathers social data archives across Europe. In addition, we analyze the current practice of data archiving in Western Balkan countries and possibilities to build the prototype of DDA in Serbia according to the European standards. by Aleksandra Bradić-Martinović and Aleksandar Zdravković (Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia) Find more information and the document here ...

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Kosovo* (This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and
is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration
of independence.)